Canada Russia '72 (2006)
A docudrama loosely based on real events. In 1972, an 8 game ice hockey series is arranged where Canadian pro stars of the National Hockey League play the the Soviet Union national team. Tho most Canadian fans were convinced that the Soviets would be no match for the pros, what followed was a bitter struggle as Team Canada faught to win a series that would change Canadian hockey's history forever.
- First aired
- 2006-04-09
- Genres
- Drama
- Seasons
- 1 (2 episodes)
- Status
- Ended
- Directed / written by
- T.W. Peacocke
Cast
- Mark A. Owen as John Ferguson
- Sonia Laplante as Gabrielle Fournier
- David Berni as Phil Esposito
- Gabriel Hogan as Ken Dryden
- Mike Dopud as Vic Hadfield
- Sebastien Roberts as Rod Gilbert
- Louis-Philippe Dandenault as Yvan Cournoyer
- Jeff Roop as Frank Mahovlich
- Hugh Thompson as Gary Bergman
- David Alexander Miller as Paul Henderson
- Gerry Dee as Wayne Cashman
- Chris Szarka as Peter Mahovlich